CATEGORIES

These categories may overlap. It will be your choice to pick the category you wish to enter your image.

​The InFocus Committee reserves the right to change the category of your entry if they deem it necessary.

Below you will find examples for each category. Please click on any image to see full sized.

 Thank you to past years participants for these lovely examples!

1. NIGHTTIME  

• ​Photo must be shot AFTER sunset and BEFORE sunrise.  Not limited to stars, moon, planets, asteroids, and galaxies.

2. LANDSCAPES

• Includes but is not limited to landscapes, seascapes, panoramas, time-lapse, outdoor scenes, sunsets, farms, light-painting, night shots, aerial photography. These images depict an expanse of scenery.  The subject is the scenery and not individual elements of the scene.  

3. MAN MADE

• The subject of the image is manufactured, created or constructed by human beings; including but not limited to still life, architecture, toys or machinery.

4. ANIMALS

• From “Gnat to Whale”, “Domestic to Wild” “Loved to Feared.” May include: Birds, mammals, insects, reptiles, rodents, amphibians, fish and other marine life, domestic pets, any living creature other than a human (they have their own category).

5. PLANTS

• A living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns and mosses, seeds, bulbs, algae and fungi. May be a macro or close up image or an entire “landscape” if the plant(s) are the subject of the image. 

6. PEOPLE

• People images may be photos of groups or individuals. The image could be a staged portrait or could be a spontaneous moment. The people or person is the subject of the image.